>>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, insider rumors fly as the president prepares to make a primetime announcement about the supreme court. >>> plus, alan dershowitz joins me live. we'll get his top tips for summering on martha's vineyard, oh, and also talk about the president's evolving legal strategy in the mueller probe. >>> plus, some actual good news as divers emerge with some of the boys that stranded that soccer team alive. we'll get a report on the ground as monsoon rains fall and thai navy seals prepare to go in again. but first we are just over 24 hours away from president trump's primetime announcement of his pick to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court. by the way, for those of you watching at home, abc says it is prepared to break into the bachelorette to bring you that news. president says he has narrowed his short list to 4. the finalist s were reportedly brett kavanagh, amy and kethledge. mitch mcconnell has been nud

/s ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.e are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, critical mass. thought our politics were explosive before? try replacing the swing vote on the supreme court. we'll talk about the wild conjecture and what's actually about to happen. >>> at the same time, democrats take stock after a top member of leadership is upset in new york. rising stars ben jealous and jason candor join me live to talk about what their party should do next. >>> and later i travel to utah to talk with mitt romney on the campaign trail. he's set to become the republican senator in the age of trump. >>> plus, do not congratulate. russia stuns spain at the world cup. but first the interviews, the lobbying effort and even the ads are underway to replace justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. the president is back home after spending the weekend at bedminster conferring with white house counsel don mcgahn. a handful of names are floating around from the president's list of 25. demo

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.are live in washington from 7:00 to 9:00 eastern. tonight the president lashes out against robert mueller claiming conflicts of interest. plus russia gate travels to the worst airport gate in america. don junior and robert mueller treated to the lucid nightmare that is gate 35 x at reagan national airport. at the same time the president's inner circle is fighting it out in federal court and the court of public opinion. later we'll talk to senator chris van hollen about matters foreign and domestic. he floetsz new sanctions for months could you as tariffs start to turn politically toxic at home. but we begin with a series of tweets from the president late today including a greatest hits of grievances against special counsel robert mueller. quote, is robert mueller ever going to release his conflicts of interest with respect to president trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty and contentious business relationship? i turned him down to head the fbi one day before appointment a

>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, brand-new nbc polling just out about the president and his handling of all things russia in light of the historic summit. and senator richard blumenthal joins us as paul manafort's trial gets ready to start and michael cohen drops his first mix tape. plus this time last sunday we were talking to bill broader about the summit with putin. he's going to join us live tonight after the russian president name chikd him on the world stage. >>> and later states of play. democrats are serious about taking back the senate. heidi high camp will have to hold on to north dakota. we have new reporting on why it could be tariffs, not russia, that make the difference there. but first it's hard to believe that this time last week we were previewing the president's meeting with vladimir putin. but, of course, we are apparently living in a different space time continuum here in 2018 where even gravity works differently. bu

. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, brand-new nbc polling just out about the president and his handling of all things russia in light of the historic summit. and senator richard blumenthal joins us as paul manafort's trial gets ready to start and michael cohen drops his first mix tape. plus this time last sunday we were talking to bill broader about the summit with putin. he's going

priority: you ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.e live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, trump/putin, the sequel, the leadrs meet in helsinki. things get tricky ahead of the summit. later republican congressman ryan costello joins me live. he says his colleagues' conclusions on the russia investigation should be taken with a grain of salt. >>> but just hours from now, president trump and president putin are set to meet. things were always going to be a little awkward to begin with. and then came the indictments of a dozen russians laid out in forensic detail. it leaves a lot of questions, like whether holding those accountable will come up in their conversation. >> the russians who were indicted, would you ask putin to send them here? >> well, i might. i hadn't thought of that, but certainly i'll be asking about it. again, this was during the obama administration. >> presented with all of this new information, there is also the question of how hard the president will press vladimir putin on his go

. >> and david ignatius, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. mbassador to nato and former state department spokesman nicholas burns, professor of diplomacy and international

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.gton from 7:00 to 9:00 eastern. tonight the president lashes out against robert mueller claiming conflicts of interest. plus russia gate travels to the worst airport gate in america. don junior and robert mueller treated to the lucid nightmare that is gate 35 x at reagan national airport. at the same time the president's inner circle is fighting it out in federal court and the court of public opinion. later we'll talk to senator chris

♪trying find the old me ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.ngton from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, insider rumors fly as the president prepares to make a primetime announcement about the supreme court. >>> plus, alan dershowitz joins me live. we'll get his top tips for summering on martha's vineyard, oh, and also talk about the president's evolving legal strategy in the mueller probe. >>> plus, some actual good news as divers emerge with

priority: you ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.ngton from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, trump/putin, the sequel, the leadrs meet in helsinki. things get tricky ahead of the summit. later republican congressman ryan costello joins me live. he says his colleagues' conclusions on the russia investigation should be taken with a grain of salt. >>> but just hours from now, president trump and president putin are

. >> no, we were watching kasie, d.c. >> it's difficult to overpoint the emphasis tonight he names his

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.ve every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, critical mass. thought our politics were explosive before? try replacing the swing vote on the supreme court. we'll talk about the wild conjecture and what's actually about to happen. >>> at the same time, democrats take stock after a top member of leadership is upset in new york. rising stars ben jealous and jason candor join me live to talk about what their party should do next. >>> and later i tra

[music playing] >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.on from 7:00 to 9:00 eastern. tonight the president lashes out against robert mueller claiming conflicts of interest. plus russia gate travels to the worst airport gate in america. don junior and robert mueller treated to the lucid nightmare that is gate 35 x at reagan

[music playing] >> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.n from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, brand-new nbc polling just out about the president and his handling of all things russia in light of the historic summit. and senator richard blumenthal joins us as paul manafort's trial gets ready to start and michael cohen drops his first mix tape. plus this time last sunday we were talking to bill broader about the summit with putin. he's going to join us live tonight after the russian president name chikd him on the world stage. >>> and later states of play. democrats are serious about taking back the senate. heidi high camp will have to

/s ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, critical mass. thought our politics were explosive before? try replacing the swing vote on the supreme court. we'll talk about the wild conjecture and what's actually about to happen. >>> at the same time, democrats take stock after a top member of leadership is upset in new york. ring

." >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, insider rumors fly as the president prepares to make a primetime announcement about the supreme court. >>> plus, alan dershowitz joins me live. we'll get his top tips for summering on martha's vineyard, oh, and also talk about the president's evolving legal strategy in the mueller probe. >>> plus, some actual good news as divers emerge witso

. >> and david ignatius, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on msnbc, kasie hunt and former u.s. ambassador to nato and former state department spokesman nicholas burns, professor of diplomacy and international relations at the harvard kennedy school of government. great group to start with this morning, and, wow, what a start to the trip. >> what a start to the trip. and -- let's just play the clip. here's donald trump actually doing exactly what vladimir putin would want him to do. good morning. >> in many countries, they owe us a tremendous amount of money from many years back where they're delinquent, as far as i'm concerned, because the united states has had to pay for them. if you go back 10 or 20 years add it all up. it's massive amounts of money that the united states has paid, and stepped up like nobody. this is gone on for decades, by the way. for many presidents. but no other president brought it up like i bring it up. >> the good news is that allies have started to give more to defense. after years, they've started to add billions t

. >> no, we were watching kasie, d.c. >> it's difficult to overpoint the emphasis tonight he names his nominee. >> you have any ideas? >> i do. a off to europe on tuesday for a meeting with the same nato allies he's ridiculed for months. he literally shoved the liter of montenegro at last year's summit. we'll see how this one goes. >> that's quite a moment. >> and there was this stair down with angela merkel at the g7 and an unprecedented attack by an american administration against canada. >> well, you know why? >> why? >> well, because they're stealing our shoes and they're scuffing them up. >> i hate it when that happens. >> is that what he said, richard, the president of the united states said the canadians are stealing our shoes and scuffing them. >> nation of shoe scuffers. >> so they will sound old. they send them across the border. >> stop. >> no, really, that's what he said. >> i know that's what he said. he is scuffing the shoes to make them sound old. >> just weird. then it's off -- >> he lifted that straight from fdr in '43. >> a british woman died yesterday in the uk from

d.c., kasie hunt. >> welcome, guys. >> lightning, let us know. >> waiting for the barnicle hot tape flamesight be coming today. >> one today? a tease from msnbc contributor mike barnicle. also with us, national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc john heilemann, associate editor of "common" magazine and jonathan lamere and betsy woodruff and "new york times" reporter michael schmidt. joe and mika have the morning off. a full house and a verification of a 2016 audiotape recorded by trump's former fixer. who said what, agreeing on the subj t

still with us, host of kc/d.c., kasie hunt.y time even when we reintroduce you. >> it's awesome. >> it's in your contract. >> mike barnacle is here. john heilemann. >> barnacle in the '70s. >> halloween, trick or treat. >> watch him sing "suffer jet city." it's sick. >> we have noah rothman and joining the conversation now, associate editor of the washington post and msnbc political analyst eugene robertson, jeremy peters and law professor at george washington university jonathan turley. i want to ask you about your tinder analogy in just a moment, but hold tight. >>> attorneys for president trump and michael cohen verified a 2016 audio tape recorded by trump's former legal fixer. and while the camps are disputing who said what, they do agree on the subject of the conversation. then candidate trump is heard discussing a possible payment to purchase the story writes of a former playboy model karen mcdougal about an affair she says she had with trump a decade earlier in which the president denies. cohen's lawyer lanny davis relea

d.c., this morning. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." i'm willie geist along capitol hill correspondent and the host of kasiedc, kasie hunt, i like that. contributor rick ti ler. susan delpercio. you have your own sound effect. do you have a show you want to tell us about or something? treasury and economic analyst steve ratner with us and and now msnbc news national security analyst jeremy bash and associate editor for "washington post" david ignatius and washington anchor for bbc world news america katie kay. richard haus summed up yesterday with two tweets. in the late aft